Recording device



Jan. 28', 1941. ws 2,229,854

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:19!) SPACE "'I Patented Jan. 28, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application March 13,

8 Claims.

The invention relates generally to recording devices, and more particularly to such a device adapted especially for use as a score card in games such as golf and other games where individual score cards are kept by the players.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved score card of this character embodying means of a simple, economical and effective character operable to hold a scoring pencil in readily removable association with the score card, whereby to guard against loss of the scoring pencil and facilitate the recording of the players score.

Another object is to provide a novel scoring unit comprising a score card and a pencil carried thereby; and a more specific object is to provide such a novel unit wherein the pencil retaining means is formed simply and economically from the cardboard material of the score card.

A further object is to provide such a scorin unit wherein simple and effective means formed integrally from the body of the score card cooperates with the usual pointed form of the scoring pencil to retain the pencil in the desired relation to the score card.

Another object is to provide a new and improved score card of this character having pencilretaining means formed integrally from the body of the card by conventional cutting and scoring methods; and a further object is to provide such a pencil-retaining means adapted to embrace a pencil and hold it against endwise displacement in one direction, and embodying in combination therewith a readily engageable and disengageable abutment or latching means formed by a similar process from the material of the card and operable to retain the pencil against objectionable displacement in the other direction.

A further object is to provide a foldable score card of this character embodying a convenient and effective pencil retainer which is so formed and related to the score card as to permit easy and convenient folding thereof and to permit the card to be freely unfolded and conveniently utilized in the score marking operation.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a relatively small perspective view showing the exterior of a recording unit embodying the features of the invention,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the unit with the front and back members thereof separated 1940, Serial No. 323,683

or folded outwardly so as to expose the inside face,

Figure 3 is arelatively small elevational view of the outer face of a. cardboard blank embodying the invention and used in producing the scoring unit of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 and showing the other or inner side of the blank,

Figures 5 to 8 inclusive are relatively small cross-sectional views illustrating the several steps involved in the mounting of scoring pencil on the score card.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8 showing the manner in which the relatively short scoring pencil is mounted on the score card.

While I have shown in the drawing, and will herein describe in detail a preferred embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that this disclosure is made merely for the purpose of illustration and is not intended as a limitation of the invention to the particular form shown. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

In the preferred form chosen for disclosure herein, the invention is illustrated as embodied in a scoring unit l0 comprising a rectangular sheet of cardboard bent or folded along the transverse line H and to the general form of a book having a front member I2 and a rear member l3 between which a scoring pencil I4 is mounted and secured by means of a socket l5 and a lock It. The pencil I4 is, by means of said socket l5, positioned in a location directly in the bight of the fold ll, so as to extend along said fold generally parallel to the fold line. The socket l5 acts to hold the pencil against movement toward one edge ll, while the lock [6 serves to hold the pencil against movement toward the other or opposite edge l8.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the drawing, the rectangular cardboard blank has a transverse score line or folding line 20 formed midway between and parallel to the end edges 2| and 22 of the blank, so as to facilitate formation of the fold II. This fold line 20 thereby defines, on the outer face shown in Figure 3, an outer front face-23 on the front member I2 and an outer rear face 24 on the rear member 13. The outer front face 23 is adapted to bear various. types of printed matter, as, for example, the name of the golf club in the space indicated at 25, and advertising matter in the space indicated at 26. The outer rear face 24 may similarly bear printed matter, such as the ground rules of a golf club, the rules of any other game to which the score card relates, or advertising matter all within the space indicated at 21.

In Figure 4 there is shown the inner faces of the front and back members, and these inner faces are adapted for recording the player's score. To this end, these inner faces have printed matter and printed lines thereon for recording the scores in the game to which the card pertains, such printed matter being indicated generally in Figure 4 and reference numeral 28.

In providing the mounting or retaining socket I5, the present invention makes use of the material of the cardboard blank, and the socket is so formed that the lines of the scoring space 28 may extend across the front of the score card, thereby rendering the entire inner space useable if desired. The socket I5, in accordance with the present invention, is so constructed that it may be formed by conventional scoring and die-cutting.

methods.

To this end, the blank is formed with two par.- allel spaced slits 33 and 3i therein, these slits extending perpendicularly across the fold line 20, and each of the slits being symmetrically arranged with relation to the score line 20. The slit 30 is located relatively close to the. edge I], While the slit 3I is spaced therefromso as to lierelatively close to the mid-point of the score line 20. Between the corresponding ends of the two slits 30 and 3|, scored folding lines 32 are provided, so that the material bounded by the slits 3B and SI and the score lines 32 may constitute aloop 33 adapted to be bent reversely into the space between the front and backmembers l2 and I3; This relationship is clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawing.

Thus, when the front and back members are bent together, as shown in Figure 1 or 2, and the loop 33 is reversely bent so as to lie between the 40 front and the backmembers, the loop 33 and the portions of the front and back memberswhich lie above and below the slits 3E! and 3I provide the socket I5 into which a pencil may be inserted by endwise movement. It will be noted that the 45 pencil M has a pointed end 35, and the socket I5 is formed in the present instanceso as to cooperate with this pointed end 35 in restraining the pencil I4 against endwise displacement in one direction with relation to the socket. It will be 50 understood, of course, that this endwise restraint a portion of the pointed end 35.

could be attained by other means, or separate means, but in the present instance, it is attained by making the slit 30 of a length which is somewhat less than one-half the circumference of a pencil of ordinary proportions. The other slit 3| is made of a length somewhat greater than onehalf the circumference of such a pencil, so that the socket I5 is in effect tapered and at its lower end is sufficiently small to allow passage of only This proportioning, of course, is preferably such that-the pencil assumes a position which is nearly parallel to the fold I I, although it will be understood that a truly parallel relationship cannot be at- 5 tained where interlocking of the pointedend 35 and the lower or smaller end of the socket is relied upon for endwise positioning of the pencil.

In the many uses of the present scoring unit, the, socket I5 is adequate to secure the pencil I4 70 to, the, score card, but when used as ascoring device in some of the more active games, it is de, sirable to provide the lock I6 adjacent the other edge I8-of the score card to prevent displacement of the pencil in the other direction, or-upwardly 75 as herein shown. In its Preferred form,-the lock I6 is also formed from the material of a cardboard blank, and to this end a pair of diverging score lines or folding lines 36 are formed adjacent the edge I8 of the blank. These score lines 33 preferably diverge at an angle of substantially 60 and are symmetrically related to the score line or fold line 20, and are so positioned that their apex lies on the score line substantially at or slightly beyond the edge I 8. The score lines 36 are of such length that their two ends are spaced apart a distance somewhat greater than one-half of the circumference of the pencil, and are joined by a slit 31, so that the area defined between the two score lines 36 and the slit 3'! may be, reversely or inwardly folded in a manner similar to the herein described folding of the loop 33. When the lock I6 is thus folded inwardly, it provides a stop in the path of the squared end 38 of the pencil, it being understood, of course, that the pencil is proportioned in accordance with the proportioning of the socket and the lock I5. Preferably the lock Iii-functions to hold the end 31 of the pencil against movement away from the fold line I I of the scoring device, and to accomplish this purpose the $111131 is so formed that the edge of the lock projects toward the socket I5. slit 3? is arcuate in form and at thepoints where it meets the fold lines 3t are disposed at an angle of substantially 90 to these foldlines.

In the mounting of the pencil I4 in the, present score card, the card is folded-along the line II to an angle of 90 or slightly over, as shown in Figure 2, with the loop folded inwardly so that the socket I5 is open as shown. To this end, the

lock I6 hasits two integral portions arranged in thesame planes as the two side members I2.

and I3 from which they are formed, thus providing a clear path above the socket I5 along which the pencil socket. The pointed end of the pencil is then insertedendwiseinto the socketuntil the pointed end; of the pencil projects through the lower end of the socket. The limited size of the lower end of the socket determines the extent of such movement.

The lock I6 may then'be engagedwith the square end 35 of the pencil, and such engagement may be accomplished readily by the series of operations disclosed successively in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8. Since the front and-back members I2 andI3 are disposed at arelatively wide angle, as shown in FigureZ, and since the squared end of the pencil is then located over the lower or rounded endof the lock, it would be difiicult to between the upper and lower edges ofthe card:

When this bending is accomplished, the portion of the card closest-to the edge l8 of the card lies substantially in a plane, while the portion'of the card which includes the socket I 5 remains at a relatively wide angle, somewhat wider than the angle shown in Figure 2. Since the lock I6 then lies in a planar portion of the card, it may-be grasped between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand and the card bent along theline 4|, so that the tongue or end portion of the lock projects outwardly and upwardly from the face of the card, as shown in Figure 6; The card is then Thus, in the form disclosed, the

I4 may be moved into the flexed along the line to bring the body of the card back against the pencil as shown in Figure '7, the bend at the line 4| being maintained during such movement. The loop or tongue of the lock l6 isthen positioned against the end 38 of the pencil, and by flexing the card along the line 4| in an upward direction the lip of the look It is moved to a position where it overlies the side surface of the pencil 14. Thus, the pencil is held against endwise movement in one direction by the lock and in the other direction by the socket l5, and the lock embraces the end 38 of the pencil so as to hold the same against movement away from the fold of the score card. In some cases additional fold lines may be formed as tangential {continuations of the slit 31, to the edge I8, to facilitate the operation of the lock l6.

When the pencil I4 is sharpened so as to reduce the length thereof, as indicated by the pencil M in Figure 9, it will be noted that the lock l6 acts as an abutment which limits the movement of the pencil outwardly of the socket, that is, to the right in Figure 9. Thus, it will be seen that'the pencil may be shortened considerably and when so shortened will be held in operative engagement with the socket I5 through the action of the lock l6.

From the foregoing description, it will be apparent that the present invention provides a new and improved scoring device which is simple and economical in character and in which the scoring pencil is securely held in the score card. This scoring unit is formed in such a manner that it may be manufactured by conventional methods and it provides a novel and attractive scoring unit.

I claim as my invention:

1. A scoring device of the character described comprising a cardboard member having a scored 40 f01d line formed transversely thereof from one edge to the other and along which the member is adapted to be folded in one direction, said member adjacent one of said edges having a pair of substantially spaced parallel slits formed therein transversely of said fold line, the slit adjacent to said one edge having a total length somewhat less than one-half the circumference of a conventional pencil and the other one of said slits having a total length somewhat greater than one-half the circumference of such a pencil.

2. A scoring device of the character described comprising a cardboard sheet folded along a transverse fold line to form opposed front and back members, said front and back members having scoring-recording spaces printed thereon, a pair of spaced parallel slits formed in said sheet transversely of, and each symmetrically related to, said fold line, the sheet material between said slits being bent along said fold line reversely with respect to the bending of said front and back members, to cooperate with the other portions of said sheet to form, when said members are at substantially right angles to each other a tapered socket into which a pencil may be inserted by an endwise movement along a path substantially parallel to said fold line, the smaller end of said socket being of such a size as'to permit a part of the pointed end of a conventionally proportioned pencil to pass but a limited distance therethrough when a pencil is inserted into said socket from the larger end thereof.

3. A scoring device as defined in claim 2 wherein said socket is located adjacent to one end of said fold line with the larger end thereof forcing toward the other end of said fold line and wherein a locking device is formed integrally with said sheet adjacent said other end of said fold line, said locking device comprising an integral portion of said sheet foldable along said fold line reversely between said front and back members and forming a stop means lying in the path of the other end of such a pencil to block withdrawal of the pencil from said passage.

4. A scoring device of the character described comprising a cardboard sheet folded from edge to edge along a transverse line to form connected front and back members, said sheet adjacent to one edge having an integral loop portion folded inwardly from said transverse line so as to extend between said front and back members and form with said front and back members a tapered socket into which a pencil may be inserted in an endwise direction when said front and back members are unfolded to substantially 90 angular relation to each other.

5. A score keeping device comprising a cardboard sheet folded from edge to edge along a transverse fold line to form opposed front and back members, said sheet having a pair of spaced parallel slits formed therein adjacent one of said edges and with each slit symmetrically related to said fold line and the slit closest to said one edge being shorter than the other of said slits, said sheet being formed with fold lines extending between corresponding ends of said slits, the area of said sheet bounded by said slits and the connecting fold lines constituting a portion bendable out of the plane of the adjacent portions of the sheet to form a projecting loop cooperating with said adjacent portions of the sheet to form a pencil-holding socket.

6. A score keeping device comprising a cardboard sheet folded from edge to edge along a transverse fold line to form opposed front and back members, said sheet having a pair of spaced parallel slits formed therein adjacent one of said edges and with each slit symmetrically related to said fold line and the slit closest to said one edgebeing shorter than the other of said slits, said sheet being formed with fold lines extending between corresponding ends of said slits, the area of said sheet bounded by said slits and the connecting fold lines constituting a portion bendable out of the plane of the adjacent portions of the sheet to form a projecting loop cooperating with said adjacent portions of the sheet to form a pencilholding socket, said sheet having a pair of diverging fo-ld lines formed symmetrically with relation to said transverse fold line and having their apex located substantially at the other of said edges, said diverging fold lines terminating at points spaced apart a distance slightly greater than one-half the circumference of a conventional pencil, and said sheet having a slit connecting said ends of said diverging fold lines and forming a tongue extending from the terminal points of said diverging fold lines toward said one edge of the sheet, said diverging fold lines and their connecting slit forming a bendable abutment means for retaining such a pencil in said socket.

7. A score keeping device comprising a cardboard sheet folded from edge to edge along a transverse fold line to form opposed front and back members, said sheet having a pair of spaced parallel slits formed therein adjacent one of said edges and with each slit symmetrically related to said fold line and the slit closest to said one edge being shorter than the other of said slits, said sheet being formed with fold lines extending besaid sheet bounded by saidslits and said connecting fold lines constituting a portion bendable out of the plane of the adjacent portions of the sheet 5 to form a projecting loop cooperating with said l0 sheet and along said fold line, said last mentioned slit and fold lines forming a bendable abutment means for holding such a pencil in place in said socket.

8. A score keeping device comprising a cardboard sheet folded from edge to edge along a transverse fold line to form opposed front and back members, said sheet having a pair of spaced parallel slits formed therein adjacent one of said edges and with each slit symmetrically relatedto said fold line and the slitclosest to said one edge being shorter than the other of said slits, said sheet being formed with fold lines extending between corresponding ends of said slits, the area of said sheet bounded by said slits and the connecttween corresponding ends of said slits, the area of ing fold lines constituting a portion bendable out of the plane of the. adjacent portions of the sheet to form a projecting loop cooperating with said adjacent portions of the'sheet toform a pencilholding socket, said sheethaving a pair of diverging fold lines embracing an angle of substantially therebetween and formed symmetrically with relation to said transverse fold line and hav ing their apex \located substantially at the other of said edges, said diverging fold lines terminating: at points spaced apart a distance slightly greater thanone-half the circumference of a conventional pencil, and said sheet having a slit connecting said ends of said diverging fold lines and forming a tongue extending from the terminal points of said diverging fold lines toward said one edge of the sheet, said last mentioned slit at the points Where it meets said diverging fold lines being disposed at an angle of substantially to said diverging. fold lines, said diverging fold lines and their connecting slit forming a bendable abutment means for retaining such a pencil in said socket.

EMIL A. KREVIS. 

